[illegible] — July 1952

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Keywords: dougher, stong, zebra, burst, foim11z, rmuoq, oihtphille, aooounta, doaepbone, fjfer, gerjiiu17, rl930, r_l952, 1ntart1ned, ston3, cooaic, prepl, absolutel, ertt1ana, s1nilar, badea, obsryecl, demonatration, intormatioq, r3quiretlleil
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AF FOIM11Z "'~"CWID t JUNI ,,_ ',f; 1' AIR INTELLIGE INFORMATION REPORT \(-~.,. ........ - ,rMUOQ'-.Ol (M ATI lU~1~-_ . ,. 'tt or rtlll\lotr un 'DWr> I ~u"c' L t J oiHtphiLle J. Stong, '7 A1, AL-lti 56o I.e l. FOi'warded heJ"With are the aooounta ot the observations b7 two (2) t.S.I\1 orfic- lJr:e ,.JAp~ 1 . D~w and Lt doaepbone J. Stong, or unlden~(l .tly~a objeot.s j fJfer '11 ~.GerJIIU17; at tel.rl930 hours Zebra ons 21 Jul;r_l952. 'I'h., pre- par~ o"ttiOr 1ntarT1ned. both persona and obtaJ ned tha into ,;t.ton appearing in '?3rt II o! thi rej)orl. 2. Capt:ln Dougher, a pilot not; pres'!ntly on !lying status, and Lt Ston3, a \'TAF nr~ cooaiC"JU"ed by the prepL-ing o!ticer to be absolutel;r reliable. Inas.:mch :\3 th~ir o~ertt1ana WMe v~ey s1nilar and were til<lde trca two completely dl!feront locations in '.71~badea a~ the same time azxt 1."\ the sa."tl8 a~., it ca.n be sa.f'ely :1ssu."'.led that, t}uf7 bot;h obsrYecl the s.:utae demonatration. 3. Tb.e intormatioq in Part II is presented 1n accordan~ with tha r3quiretllEil t3 in Air 'Force Letter 20()-5. :Tnght-,-?attersca Air tion will be or int~rest to the Air Tachni~l Fol'Ce,Baa, Ohio, A'l'TENTimh ATIAA-20. ROBER'r A. ELDER Colonel, tBAJ ATI Branch DOWNGRADED AT 3 ttAR IN~l V .Al4S DECLASSU'Il~D AFTI~l\. 1~ YEAr~ DOD. DIU. 52U\l.1U 1. State11bt., Capt Dougher ( }JOA!CCO) 2. State-nt., Lt Stoas (. v- tIITRtaJTIO .. BY OMIGIItUOII I .. ,,, Cy to ATIC, Aftlt ATIA' 2C UNC~SS\f\EO ~Ofllr: .. s,[..0<;1J\lF.tfrCOhT,\INSINI-0~ .. .\TIO-.AfFE(;';'ING THEN..\'r,:, .. .\l.rJ i.'>~ I( 'Ot'Y I(. r tl~ REPROOUC0 IN WrtOLE OC IN P.\HT. " -DC::.T ! f I ,u;r, .~; (J 'i til. IJI',(Ci'-:" t :.. ~ l:tl ~J.U~ro(: E. USAf. UNCLASSIFIED l ::r "'~tel1 i 0.) 1~ ~LW;!out, ~>jen wu G\lso '-*~ v:\Jru1UJ~ l.l.Y . .. l ill.' ,tAJJ. \lutllW ~UAillal UNCL"SS\f\E.\l ; ttiLQI A\ G~ GSlQI ~ cud all... .bNW ~ ~bte ~jeo' ~ to bo R" n alUt.ndle A/J,.iJ ~"Ita~ ci~ uNcv.ss\f\Etl t"lo o \ VIi 1 lol CliPAGitiTY I<L "'JI\ I t,;.l t AF FORM 112-PART II M'riOVi'~ I Jt;r;~ 113 In accordance w1 t;h paragraphs 7o and 7d or Air Perce Letter 20o-5 :Lntomat10D is submittech A. Cbsertst1on of Capt Dougher (Soe attached statement) "t.h~t rolloering 1. No obj90t. u suoh lfa:J sighted. "Object was a bright yolla;wiah-lthi te light of indefinite aiz. Four (4) were seen. in a rmw direction rro~ Wiesbaden, &.nd t.~!l.f appearecl to be travelling f'rora U:.IW to SSE a.nd cllmbing. Suddenly the:~ burst ~Lll"'t., two (2) climbiAI untU they went. bM!Dd the brt~nohft3 o! sor.2 trees under which C"lptain Dougher waa standing, and the oth or two ( 2) leveling o am. go;1.n&..in. t;:ro -_. ''!JP03i't.J.t direct1ona,I}-:X::t.lg East md Wf:!. The one going ::.,c~.st went bahi!ld a small- ll in about one (1 uta, wfierir.Y1he other ro J.n a o t for ab<?ut !it'teen ( 15) min~ tea, o~ enough tima tor Captain Dougher to drive home ( nbou t, 2 miles), par'< hi:l car, go into his a:Jart.-nt and out on his porch whera he anl h.i3 nife ,.,a tched . the light, now getting v'3ry dim di~appear behind some. small hills to. thf:t East) ea:p. Dougher bellevss that thtt light was several milea away. llo sounds were h9ara and th!I"Mt -r1ere no other unusual features. Flight appeamd to be straight and lenl atter ths initial "bu.~t" or the tour (4) lights. 2. Tho time or sighting was about 19~5 hours Zebra to 1940 hours. 3 Cbserv:ttion was visual from tha ground 4. Capta1 n Dougher was in do-mtcr.m ,.'11osbad3n and the i.ni tial "burst" appeal'- ed lr.frf or th1~ location. ib9 lighb nCJpeared to be save!ral mil!ls al'fay at an unknawu altitude but abo'.At 15 to tlu horizontal. 5. Captain Dougher is a pilot, not currently on flyir.g status. :ia is con- sid3.c-od to be very reliable. I f.,. The 1Tcath8r at the t :hne or observation was clear, no clouds repcrted, a.'ld visib111 ty more than f'ifteen ( 15) miles. '\'linds aloft 11are: 7. Uo :::~teorologieal activity h.~s been reported tor this period . g. No photographs w3ra taken. 9. No i."ltereeption